Shipping-can.



No. 877,816. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908. J. B. WHITEHEAD.

SHIPPING CAN.

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SHIPPING CAN.

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W/7'NESSES INVENTOR ,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH B. WHITEHEAD, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND TIMOTHY M. FARRELL, OF POOATELLO, IDAHO.

SHIPPING-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. WHITEHEAD a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented a new and Improved Shipping-Can, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to shipping cans and particularly to that type of can designed for the transportation of milk, and which is provided with means for maintaining the milk in a cool condition.

A special object of my invention is to provide a can with a ventilating opening by which the gases may escape from the milk, which opening at the same time serves as a means for locking the cover of the can in position.

A further object of my invention is to provide the can with means whereby it may be firmly supported upon a similar can and thus cars may be packed with tiers of cans without necessitating the provision of special shelves or scaffolding to support each row of cans. Further novel features of construction of major or minor importance will be hereinafter pointed out and definedin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompany,- ing drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, in which Figure 1 is a'side elevation of my improved can Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a plan view, the cover being removed Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a tier of cans showing the manner in which each can be supported upon the one below.

The cylindrical body portion 1 of my improved can is secured to the bottom 2 in any suitable manner, and a heavy metal band 8 forming a flange surrounds the bottom and extends downwardly therefrom, being rigidly connected to the side wall and to the bottom as is old and common in the art. The breast 4 of the can is secured to the body in any suitable manner, and a heavy metal band 5 surrounds the body ad'acent its upper end, which band has integral therewith or Welded thereto, my improved handle 6. This handle comprises two upright standards 77, having their outer edges in vertical alinement with the outer surfaces of the two bands 3 and 5, while the hand-hold bar 8 is curved with its outer side also in alinement with said bands. The bar 8 of the handle is provided with a shoulder 9, formed by cuttin away a portion of the handle, and this shou der is of substantially the same width as the thickness of the bottom band 3 and side wall of the can, while the vertical surface 10 of the handle, adjacent the shoulder 9, lies in alinement with the inner surface of the wall of the can below the bottom thereof.

The can is provided with two or more of these handles, the shoulders of all of which lie in the same horizontal plane, so that as one can is placed upon another the band 3 fits down over the vertical surface 10 of the handle and rests firmly upon the shoulders 9. To give the handle greater strength it may be provided with a brace 11, extending upwardly onto the breast of the can and riveted or soldered thereto.

The breast 4 of the can terminates in an upwardly-extending flange 12 of approximately one-third the height of the neck of the can, while the lip 13 terminates in a downwardly-extending flange 14, also of approximately one-third the height of the neck. Surrounding these two flanges and rigidly secured to both is a band 15, having its upper edge in engagement with the lip of the can and its lower edge in engagement with the breast. The intermediate portion of the band is bent inwardly, as indicated in Fig. 2, so that the neck of the can presents a smooth surface formed by the flanges on the lip and breast and by the intermediate portion of the surrounding band 15. The lip of the can is provided with a radial slot 1 6, extending from a point adjacent its outer edge to the neck of the can, and at the outerend of this slot is provided a branch slot 17 substantially at right angles thereto. The flange 14 of the lip is also rovided with a slot in alinement with the s 0t 16 and directly below this is a slot in the flange 12 of the breast of the can. Adjacent these slots the intermediate portion of the band 15 is not bent inward, thus leaving a groove the entire height of the neck of vi ed with a lip 18 of substantially the same inclination as the lip of the can, and having a cylindrical body portion 19 adapted to fit the inner surface of the neck of the can, while the lower end of the cover is closed by a bottom 20. At one point on the lip 18 of the cover, there is provided a downwardly-extending lug or catch 21 of any suitable kind, adapted to pass through the slot 16 when the cover is placed on the can and adapted to enter the slot 17 and lock the cover in position when the cover is rotated a short distance. It will thus be seen that the slot constitutes not only a ventilating passage for the interior of the can, but also serves as a means whereby the cover may be securely locked in place. If desired, the lug or catch 21 may be provided with a ring large enough to permit of the insertion of a arge padlock, or the insertion of a chain which may pass around the neck of the can and through the ring, so that its ends may be locked together and the removal of the cover thus prevented.

The lip of the can may, if desired, be supported by suitable braces 22, welded or otherwise fastened to the band 5 around the body of the can, and having their upper ends bent at an angle and riveted or soldered to the under side of the lip, such braces serving to prevent injury to the lip of the can due to carelessness when the cans are being piled up .in tiers.

- The shoulders of the handles above described are preferably at a slightly lower level than is the top of the can, so that the top of the can may enter within the band 3 and lie closely adjacent to or in contact with the bottom of the next can when another is placed on top of it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A shipping can, comprising a body having a contracted neck portion at the top, a cover, a ventilating passage communicating with the interior of said body, and means carried by said body for supporting a similar superimposed can above said body so as to leave an open space around the neck of the lower can, the said ventilating passage communicating with said open space, where i by the interior of the lower can is at all times in communication with the atmosphere.

2. A shipping can, comprising a body, and means carried by said body for supporting a similar superimposed can out of engagement with said body, said first-mentioned can having a ventilating opening in the upper portion thereof communicating with the outside atmosphere through the space between the body of the first-mentioned can and the superimposed can, said supporting means also serving as handles to facilitate themovement of the can carrying the same.

3. A shipping can, comprising a body portion, a downwardly-extending flange surrounding the lower end thereof, and handles rigidly secured to the said can adjacent the upper end thereof, the. said handles being provided with shoulders adjacent their upper ends adapted to receive the downwardly-extending flange of another similar can when the latter is placed thereon.

4. A shipping can, comprising a body portion, a downwardly extending flange surrounding the lower end thereof, and handles rigidly supported adjacent the upper end thereof, said handles having outer vertical surfaces in alinement with the outer surface of said flange, and having shoulders adapted to receive and support the downwardly-extending flange of another similar can when the latter is placed thereon.

5. A shipping can, comprising a body portion, a downwardly-extending flange surrounding the lower end thereof, and handles supported adjacent the upper end thereof, said handles comprising two upright standards and a connecting hand-hold bar, the outer surface of said bar lying in alinement with the outer surface of the downwardlyextending flange and a portion of said bar being cut away to form a shoulder and a vertical surface in alinement with the inner surface of the downwardly-extending flange,

the said shoulder adapted to receive and support the flange of another similar can when the latter is placed thereon,

, 6. A shipping can, com rising a body portion having a oylindrica neck and divergent lip, said neck being provided with a groove on its inner surface and said lip being provided with a slot in alinement with said groove, a cover having a cylindrical portion adapted to fit the cylindrical neck of the can and having a divergent flange at the same inclination as the lip of the can, and a lug or catch carried by the divergent flange and adapted to enter the slot in the lip whereby the cover may be held in place and the interior of the can vented.

7. A shipping can, comprising a body portion, a breast portion, an upwardly-extending flange on said breast, a divergent lip, a downwardly-extending flange on said lip, a band surrounding said flanges and secured thereto, said band and flanges constituting the neck of the can, each of said flanges being cut away to form a vertical groove on the inner surface of the neck and the lip being provided with a slot in alinernent In testimony whereof I have signed my with said groove, a cover for said can having name to this specification in the presence of cylindrical and inclined portions fitting the two subscribing Witnesses.

neck and lip of the can, and a catch or lug JOSEPH B. WHITEHEAD. carried by said inclined portion and adapted Witnesses: to enter the slot in the lip and secure the J. T. STRINGER,

cover in position. ZINA O. WALKER. 

